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AESCULAPIUS, AEDES
the temple of Aesculapius erected on the island in the Tiber soon after 291 B.C. In consequence of a pestilence in Rome in 293 an embassy was sent to Epidaurus in 292 to bring back the statue of the god Aesculapius. This embassy returned in 291, bringing not the statue, but a serpent from Epidaurus that, on reaching Rome, abandoned the ship and swam to the island (Liv. x. 47; xi. ep.; Val. Max. i. 8. 2 in ripam Tiberis egressis legatis in insulam... transnavit) ; Ovid. Met. xv. 736-741; Plut. q.R. 94; Plin. NH xxix. 72; de vir. ill. 22). According to another tradition the first temple was built extra urbem, the second in insula (Plin. NH xxix. 16; Rend. Linc. 1917, 573-580; AJA 1919, 431). The whole island was consecrated to Aesculapius (see INSULA TIBERINA), the temple built, and dedicated on 1st January (Ov. Fast. i. 290-292; Hemerol. Praen. Ian. 1; CIL i 2. p. 305; Fast. Ant. ap. NS. 1921, 83). It was usually called aedes, but also templum (Val. Max. i. 8. 2;

ention of navalia comes in reference to 338 B.C., Liv. viii. 14:
naves Antiatium partim in navalia Romae subductae) were under the
protection of the Servian walls, and therefore situated on the Tiber
bank between the porta Carmentalis and the porta Trigemina. And the
description of the arrival from Epidaurus of the sacred serpent of
Aesculapius and especially the words ' egressis legatis ' in Val. Max. i. 8. 2,
which show that the ship had reached its destination (v. AESCULAPIUS,
AEDES) in 291 B.C., and the account of the landing of Cato the younger
on his return from Cyprus (Plut. Cat. min. 39 ; Vell. ii. 45), which describes
his landing at the navalia and passing through the forum to deposit the
treasures of Ptolemy in the aerarium Saturni and on the Capitol, both
suit such a site.
On the other hand, it seems very doubtful whether the expression
of Procopius (BG iv. 22) in regard to the ship of Aeneas, which was
preserved in his day at the navalia e)n me/sh| th=| po/lei need refer t